A FORTUNE in lost treasure. Words of magic that make heart's soar with dreams - minds whirl with wonder. Off the coast of Key West, Florida two friends search for a 17th century Spanish galleon that foundered in a storm, strewing a king's ransom of gold, silver and precious jewels over the ocean floor. Over the years the treasure of the Dolores sinks below the shifting sands. Alex Cameron and Charlie Castle are obsessed with finding it. But they are stalked by a treacherous competitor, and a vengeful ex-lover. From the steamy bars of Key West, to the maritime achieves in Seville, to the shark...

It is a tumultuous period in feudal Japan. The samurai have wrested power from the emperor, and the nobles are conniving to take it back. The protestant Dutch and Portuguese and Spanish Catholics are competing for trading privileges, but the shogun is suspicious that the church is planning to replicate the conquest of the new world in Japan. Alcala, an elusive renegade Jesuit, is colluding with the ruthless Prince Sanjo to foment a Christian rebellion. The church wants Alcala stopped. Jan Kriek, a newly ordained priest, is sent to Japan stop him. He is aided by Maria, the daughter of the...